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Film, Video [The baseball stars of yesteryear--compilation]

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Title

  • [The baseball stars of yesteryear--compilation]

Summary

  • Players from the Philadelphia Athletics are seen practicing on the field. Pitchers Ed Rommel, Roy Mahaffey, Rube Walberg and Lefty Grove provide demonstrations of how to throw specific pitches. Mickey Cochrane discusses what it is like to work with the team's pitchers, while hitters describe their batting techniques. Athletics manager Connie Mack talks about the team's success and his predictions for the 1932 season. Players from the Philadelphia Phillies are featured in the second half of the film. Highlighted players include pitchers Jim Elliott, Clise Dudley, Ed Holley, Phil Collins, as well as hitters Dick Bartell, Spud Davis, Pinky Whitney, Don Hurst, and Chuck Klein. Phillies manager Burt Shotton talks about how players can become .300 hitters.

Created / Published

  • [United States? : s.n., ca. 1931-1932].

Headings

  • -  Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
  • -  Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)
  • -  Grove, Lefty,--1900-1975
  • -  Cochrane, Mickey,--1903-1962
  • -  Foxx, Jimmie
  • -  Klein, Chuck,--1904-1958
  • -  Mack, Connie,--1862-1956
  • -  Pitching (Baseball)
  • -  Batting (Baseball)

Genre

  • Documentary films
  • Compilation films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Title appears at beginning of reel, however it is spiced onto the first segment and does not completely match the content of the film. The reel looks to be composed of four incomplete films from the same series.
  • -  Narrator: [Cy Peterman?]
  • -  [Narrative by Cy Peterman?]
  • -  Cy Peterman is credited in the opening titles, which are known to not be original to the film, therefore the credit is questionable. Lew Krausse is listed in the opening titles (as Lew Krause), but he does appear in this film. Mickey Cochrane is credited with a speech, but he only talks briefly.
  • -  Dates from edge code on the original nitrate and content of the film.
  • -  Source used: Baseball reference WWW site, March 7, 2019.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 23 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Schwartz (Jay) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019600421

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

The Baseball Stars of Yesteryear--Compilation. [United States?: s.n., to 1932, 1931] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600421/.

APA citation style:

(1931) The Baseball Stars of Yesteryear--Compilation. [United States?: s.n., to 1932] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600421/.

MLA citation style:

The Baseball Stars of Yesteryear--Compilation. [United States?: s.n., to 1932, 1931] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019600421/>.